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Script Analysis and Rehearsal Techniques

Develop a concrete, professional process for analyzing plays and screenplays. Apply your understanding of character and story arcs to make compelling acting choices. Rehearse scenes from plays, television shows, and screenplays, applying creative rehearsal techniques to unlock spontaneous and connected performances.

Landscape Drawing and Drafting

Communicating ideas through accurate plans, sections, elevations and other drawings is a fundamental skill for any designer. Students will develop strong foundations in mechanical and freehand drawing by applying professional graphic conventions to a variety of projects. Connecting information on 2D drawings to 3D spaces will be developed.

Figurative Painting

Fine tune your fine art figure painting skills. Learn the basics and expand your personal style by experimenting with composition, color theory, form, and structure.

Shooting the Web Series

Students will work in a real world television series environment to produce, direct, shoot, production design, and edit multiple episodes of a web series. (This course is cross-listed with MPT 498SWS and 898SWS.)

Study Abroad: Fashion Culture and Industry

Discover the impact of Italy on the fashion industry as you explore its rich history of craft, design, materiality, and manufacturing. Field trips to museums, markets, shops, and exhibitions will help you synthesize your research, experience, and resources in a journal and polished report, tailored to your area of study. Read More

Final Thesis Completion

Fundamental design research and implementation are an essential part of the creative process. Using mood boards, experimenting with typography, composition, color, balance, layout, legibility, and more, you’ll define the overall visual style of your thesis project. (This course is cross-listed with IXD 810 and IXD 820.)

Scheduling and Budgeting a Feature Film

What does it really take to make a film? In this course, you will explore the roles of time and money. Examining and practicing the key functions ofAssistant Directors andUnit Production Managers by scheduling and budgeting a feature film.Working within unions, guilds,clearances andcontract perimeters, you’ll gain skills regarding scheduling, supervising… Read More

Materiality: FF and E, Finishes and Lighting

Put your sense of materiality and product knowledge to work. You will select finishes, fabrics, and furnishings based on aesthetics, durability, and environmental factors to produce specifications and construction drawings for your final thesis project.

Art Education Methodology

Explore the foundational methodologies of art education and the field’s history, theory, practices, and standards. Examine the art educator’s roles and responsibilities in advocacy, collaboration, and teaching diverse learners. Course content is supported by fieldwork observations and interviews.

Feature Film 1 (Fall)

Write your first film. You’ll gain basic screenwriting skills to outline and begin the first draft of your screenplay in this first of a two-course process